Alien Romulus - Cailee Spaeny and the alien beast

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Alien: Romulus

 

a) Cailee and the alien beast

Cailee Spaeny had to turn off the part of her mind that she referred to as the Nerding Out brain. 

She looked at the alien beast and her response 'Wow, it’s beautiful. Ooh, you put the Giger skull…' 

But she thought that it was scary.

She was aware of the fact that the film was set between the first and the second.

In the production they were asking 'How could this be a child of the two?' 

So there would be those heightened moments, but then proper horror.

 

b) Fede keeps the camera rolling for ten minutes

There was a take of a scene where Cailee was with the alien beast, and Fede kept the camera rolling for ten minutes although it seem like half an hour.

For her it was pur terror to be with the alien beast in front of her. 

It was as if Fede was throwing in little surprises like that catcing the actors off guard. 

 

1. Cailee Spaeny: I had to turn off my 'nerding out' brain, because I was just like, 'Wow, it’s beautiful. Ooh, you put the Giger skull…' I had to turn that off. But it was properly scary. We set it between the first movie and the second. We were talking about, 'How could this be a child of the two?' So we have those heightened moments, but then proper horror. (https://www.gamesradar.com/alien-romulus-cailee-spaeny-proper-horror-sigourney-weaver-ripley/)
   
2. Cailee Spaeny: I remember we did one specific take of a scene where I'm with the Xenomorph and [director Fede Álvarez] kept it rolling for about…oh God, it felt like half an hour, but it was probably only 10 minutes It was just pure terror for 10 minutes straight, with the Xenomorph right there. Fede was great at throwing in little surprises like that and catching us actors off-guard.(https://ew.com/alien-romulus-director-fede-alvarez-star-cailee-spaeny-tease-new-xenomorph-8642159)